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Monuments to Mithras

Monuments, inscriptions and artefacts related to Mithras and his cult.

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Tauroctony marble from Mitreo Fagan
This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull was dedicated to the ’incomprehensible god’ by a certain priest called Gaius Valerius Heracles.
TNMM106 – CIMRM 310, 311
Sig(num) imdeprehensivilis dei G(aius) Valerius Heracles sacerdos s(ua) p(ecunia) p(osuit). L(ucius) Sextius Karus et.
Monumentum

Frescoes with standing figures of Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte
The frescoes depict several figures dressed in different garments associated with the Mithraic degrees.
TNMM104 – CIMRM 268
Monumentum

Busto de Livia
Lead.
TNMM109
Monumentum

CIMRM 978
Fragment of a trachyte brazier.
TNMM1353 – CIMRM 978
Monumentum

Fresco scene from Mitreo of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Fresco showing a scene of initiation into the mysteries of Mithras in the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere.
TNMM234 – CIMRM 188
Monumentum

Raven from Stockstadt
The Stockstadt Raven is one of only two standing-alone sculptures of this bird to be found in Mithraic statuary.
TNMM410 – CIMRM 1192
Monumentum

CIMRM 880
This lamp, depicting a man slicing his victim into pieces with a sword, was believed to be associated with the Cult of Mithras.
TNMM1294 – CIMRM 880
Monumentum

Frescoes of lions at Santa Prisca
Procession of Leones carrying animals, bread, a krater, and other objects in preparation for a feast.
TNMM498 – CIMRM 481, 482
Nama Nicephoro leoni; nama Theodoro leoni. Nama Hel[io]doro leoni; Nama Gelasio leoni; Nama Phoebo leoni.
Monumentum

CIMRM 597
Fragment of a greyish marble relief depicting Mithras slaying the bull beneath a rocky grotto.
TNMM1112 – CIMRM 597
Monumentum

CIMRM 615
Roman stone low-relief depicting Mithras as a bull-slayer, with the upper part of his head missing.
TNMM1123 – CIMRM 615
Monumentum

CIMRM 496
Upper part of a goddess Fortuna of marble from Luna.
TNMM1048 – CIMRM 496
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Lambaesis
The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras’s temples in Africa.
TNMM101
Monumentum

Stars of the Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere
The vault of the Mithraeum in S. Capua Vetere is decorated with stars that have holes in their centers, which once held colorful glass decorations.
TNMM175
Mithraeum

Gran mitreo de Mérida
Jaime Alvar speculates that the Gran Mitreo de Mérida could have been located in this area, based on a series of materials unearthed by Mélida during the excavations of 1926 and 1927.
TNMM585
Mithraeum

Mitreo de la calle Espronceda
The Mithraeum at Espronceda Street, in Merida, was discovered in 2000. It is a semi-subterranean temple.
TNMM244
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Ša‘āra
The Mithraeum of Saara, Syria, has been identified through the deciphering of the remains of the iconographic programme on its arch.
TNMM32
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Alexandria
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TNMM80
Mithraeum

Zeus Brontoon sanctuary near Villa dei Quintili
Mithras and other oriental gods were worshipped in the shrine of Zeus near the Villa of the Quintilians in Rome.
TNMM370 – CIMRM 634
Monumentum

CIMRM 639
Marble cippus with inscription.
TNMM1145 – CIMRM 639
Deo Soli envicto Mithre / Cautopati. . . . .. / D(eo) S(oli) e(nvicto) M(ithre) / Flavius .... / ...... / an. XIII. ... / cum omne . . . . / .... posuerunt.
Monumentum

CIMRM 635
Fragment of a marble relief (H. 0.27 Br. 0.38 D. 0.045).
TNMM1141 – CIMRM 635